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===Historic sites=== {{Further|Big Chimneys|Boundary Markers of the Original District of Columbia}} [[Cherry Hill Farmhouse]] and Barn, an 1845 [[Greek Revival architecture|Greek-Revival]] farmhouse and 1856 barn, owned and managed by the city of Falls Church, are open to the public on select Saturdays in summer.<ref>{{cite web |title=About Cherry Hill |publisher=Friends of Cherry Hill Foundation, Inc. |url=http://cherryhillfallschurch.org/?page_id=23 |access-date=July 12, 2012}}</ref> [[Tinner Hill]] Arch and Tinner Hill Heritage Foundation represent a locus of early African American history in the area, including the site of the first rural chapter of the [[NAACP]].<ref>{{cite news |last=Moreno |first=Sylvia |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/local/1998/06/03/falls-church-recalls-role-in-naacp-history/d40c8ace-e462-495a-a52b-d99107b887e1/ |title=FALLS CHURCH RECALLS ROLE IN NAACP HISTORY |newspaper=[[The Washington Post]] |date=June 3, 1998 |access-date=December 31, 2021 }}</ref> Two of the District of Columbia's original 1791 boundary stones are located in public parks on the boundary between Falls Church and [[Arlington County, Virginia|Arlington County]]. The west cornerstone stands in [[Andrew Ellicott]] Park at 2824 Meridian Street, Falls Church and N. Arizona Street, Arlington, just south of West Street.<ref>West cornerstone: {{Hanging indent | {{cite book|last1=Steadman|first1=Melvin Lee Jr.|title=Falls Church: By Fence and Fireside|date=1964|publisher=Falls Church Public Library}}{{rp|3}}}} {{Hanging indent |{{cite web|title=Boundary Stones of the District of Columbia|url=http://www.boundarystones.org/|website=Boundary Stones of the District of Columbia|access-date=February 19, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141227000000/http://www.boundarystones.org/|archive-date=December 27, 2014}}}} {{Hanging indent |{{cite web|title=Andrew Ellicott Park at the West Cornerstone|url=http://parks.arlingtonva.us/locations/andrew-ellicott-park-west-cornerstone/|website=Arlington County, Virginia|access-date=March 31, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/19961018074749/http://www.arlingtonva.us/|archive-date=October 18, 1996}}}}</ref> Stone number SW9 stands in [[Benjamin Banneker]] Park on Van Buren Street, south of 18th Street, near the [[East Falls Church station|East Falls Church]] Metro station. Most of Banneker Park is in Arlington County, across Van Buren Street from Isaac Crossman Park at Four Mile Run.<ref>Stone SW9: {{Hanging indent |{{cite web|title=Boundary Stones of the District of Columbia|url=http://www.boundarystones.org/|website=Boundary Stones of the District of Columbia|access-date=February 19, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141227000000/http://www.boundarystones.org/|archive-date=December 27, 2014}}}} {{Hanging indent |{{cite web|title=Isaac Crossman Park at Four Mile Run|url=http://parks.arlingtonva.us/locations/isaac-crossman-park-four-mile-run/|website=Arlington County, Virginia|access-date=March 31, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/19961018074749/http://www.arlingtonva.us/|archive-date=October 18, 1996}}}}</ref> ====Sites on the National Register of Historic Places==== {| cellspacing="2" cellpadding="2" style="width: 60%; border-style:solid; border-width:1px; border-color:gray; background:#efefef; width:810px" |-style="background:#efefef;" ! Site ! Year built ! Address ! Listed |-style="vertical-align:top; text-align:center; background:#dce5e5; text-align:left;" || [[Birch House (Falls Church, Virginia)|Birch House]] (Joseph Edward Birch House) || 1840 || 312 East Broad Street || 1977 |-style="vertical-align:top; text-align:center; background:#dce5e5; text-align:left;" || [[Cherry Hill Farmhouse|Cherry Hill]] (John Mills Farm) || 1845 || 312 Park Avenue || 1973 |-style="vertical-align:top; text-align:center; background:#dce5e5; text-align:left;" || [[The Falls Church]] || 1769 || 115 East Fairfax Street || 1970 |-style="vertical-align:top; text-align:center; background:#dce5e5; text-align:left;" || [[Boundary Markers of the Original District of Columbia|Federal District Boundary Marker, SW 9 Stone]] || 1791 | style="text-align:left;"|18th and Van Buren Streets || 1976 |-style="vertical-align:top; text-align:center; background:#dce5e5; text-align:left;" || [[Boundary Markers of the Original District of Columbia|Federal District Boundary Marker, West Cornerstone]] || 1791 || 2824 Meridian Street || 1991 |-style="vertical-align:top; text-align:center; background:#dce5e5; text-align:left;" || [[Mount Hope (Falls Church, Virginia)|Mount Hope]] || 1790s || 203 South Oak Street || 1984 |}
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